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Dangerous college drinking: Prevention is possible, studies suggest
Jun 15, 2009 |
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Alcohol is sometimes seen as part and parcel of college life, but there are programs that can significantly reduce students' risky drinking, according to a series of studies in a special college drinking supplement of the ...
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Parents encourage underage drinking
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Half of Australian adults and 63 per cent of Australians on a higher income believe 15 to 17 year olds should be allowed to consume alcohol under parental supervision at home, according to the latest MBF Healthwatch survey.
Beer Here
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Drinking beer is a simple act, but making beer is not. It starts out with genetics and tens of thousands of barley varieties and ends with a clear ambrosia that belies the time, effort and technology that ...
New study links alcohol in pregnancy to child behavior problems
Nov 23, 2009 |
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A new study from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has found evidence that the amount and timing of alcohol consumption in pregnancy affects child behaviour in different ways.
Older problem drinkers use more alcohol than do their younger counterparts
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Older adults who have alcohol dependence problems drink significantly more than do younger adults who have similar problems, a new study has found.
A brief intervention that works for drivers who persist in driving while intoxicated
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Driving while impaired (DWI) contributes significantly to road-traffic crashes, and is involved in more than one-third of all fatalities. Many DWI recidivists - drinking drivers who re-offend - do not participate in mandated ...
Treating alcohol-use disorders and tuberculosis together
Nov 19, 2009 |
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The integration of alcohol screening, treatment and referral into primary care and other medical settings is not routinely done. Nor are there any studies evaluating the effectiveness of integrating care for alcohol use ...
Unrealistic optimism prompts risky behavior
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Unrealistic optimism about drinking behavior can lead to later alcohol-related problems, according to research published in the current issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (PSPB), the official monthly journa ...
Coed college housing connected to frequent binge drinking
Nov 17, 2009 |
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A new study in the Journal of American College Health finds that students placed by their universities in coed housing are 2.5 times more likely to binge drink each week than students placed in all-male or all-female housin ...
Consumption of certain fish during pregnancy associated with poorer cognitive performance
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Children who eat fish more than 3 times per week show a worse performance in the general cognitive, executive and perceptual-manipulative areas. Those with higher levels of exposure to mercury show a generalised delay in ...
Athletes on performance enhancers more likely to abuse alcohol, other drugs
Nov 11, 2009 |
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College athletes who use performance-enhancing substances may be at heightened risk of misusing alcohol and using recreational drugs as well, according to new research in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
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